Recessing or grooving plane.



Patented Aug. l9, I902.

F. CLAYTON.

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. (Application filed Apr. 1, 1902.)

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No; 707,085. Patented Aug. I9, 1902.

' F. CLAYTON. v RECESSING 0R GBOOVING PLANE. (Application and Apr. 1,1902.)- No Model.)

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. 1 11 1 CLAYTON, OF ifiifisiiv, \ENGLAND.

RECESSING OR GROOVING PLANE.

srncrrrcn'rron forming part of Letters Patent No. 707,085, dated August19, 1902. Application filed April 1I 1902. Serial No. 100,915- (Nomodel.)

residing at Pudsey, near Leeds; in thecounty of York, England, haveinvented a new and useful Recessing or Grooving Plane, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved recessing or grooving plane in whichvarious tools are interchangeable in various positions in the planeaccording to the nature and situation of the work required to be done,such plane being applicable for planing the bottom and sides of groovesin woodwork-such, for instance, as grooves in hoist-slides, grooves incollapsible boxes, shelf -grooves in cupboard sides, step-grooves instaircase sides, grooves in the sides of core-boxes for the ends tofit'into, and grooves in patterns into which lifting-irons, fillets, orribsEare-reeessed. It is applicable also for planing.out the bottom ofpanels and all otherrdepressions or recesses below the generalsurface ofthe woodin the accoma plan and Fig. 6 a side view of regulatingoradjusting slide for left-hand side-tool. Fig. 7 is a plan and Fig. 8 aside view of bottom tool. Fig. 9 is a plan andFig.lOariend'view of loosecollar and screw by which the vari ous tools are secured in position.Fig. 1] is an end view, and Fig. 12 a sideview, of-right= hand sidetool. Fig; "13 is a side view, and Fig. 14 an end view; of left-handside tool.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

My improved plane consists of a frame or body B, preferably having twohandles 0 O and fitted with five vertical tool-posts A A A A A insuitable:positionsnon the said frame or body B. A right-hand side toolD, Figs. 1, 1'1, and -12,-a-1e'ft hand"side" tool E, Figs. 13 and 14:,and a bottom tool F, Figs. 7 and 8, are provided, the'sid'e' tools D andE being fitted in the posts A and A respectively, and the bottom tool Fbeing interchangeable in the tool-posts A A A The tools'are held inposition in the desired post soas to be adjustable vertically therein bymeans of a loose collar G, having thumb- .s r wH- tool D may be fittedbeneath the frame or body B of the plane, this slide being securedandadjusted by means of pin M and screw N,

working within a pair of parallel oblique slots P P in the frame or bodyB. The. cuttingtool D when in position passes through a side opening Binthe said slide K, the amount of out being-regulated by tapping the slideat the ends. A similar left-hand slide L is provided for use with theside tool E, this slide having side opening R and being similarlysecured by pin M and screwN, working with- .in a second. pair-ofparallel oblique slots P ';P; Thesegslides K L are removed when not.required by slackening theirrespective screws N N and withdrawing thepins M M and sc'rews'N N from their respective slots, at

suitable opening S in the frame being provided to allow for theinsertion and Withdrawal of the screw-heads. By this means A righthan1,slide Kforuse with the'side,

the plane can be adapted to a large variety A of work, the required toolbeing fixed in the post best suited to'the purpose. Thus for planing thesides of grooves or recesses the tools D and Eavould-be--employed, fixedin,

the postA, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, and in thelpostA respectively.For general purposes "of planing out the bottom of grooves the tool Fwould be fixed on the inside of the post A Foriwork 'in'which' the toolis required to go in advance of the plane the tool wouldbe'fixed'on'theoutside of the post A Where .the workoperatediupon' is shortand n the recess deep the tool would be fixed in the post *A, so as toobtain bearing-surface both in front of and behind the tool. For Work inwhich the tool is required to follow the plane as, for instance, inhalf--lapping--th e tool would be fixed in the postsA i T representsholes for scr'ews for attaching a curved pieceof woodajito the'llo'ottomof the plane-body WhGITdBSlI'Gd.

What I claim.is.. j

1. The combination, with a plane-body provided with a series of separatetool-posts arranged in different planes, of a clamp for se lique slotsfor right and left hand side tools provided with fastening devices whichengage with the said slots, and a clamp for securing the tools to thesaid posts, substantially as set forth. 7

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

FRED CLAYTON.

Witnesses:

ALLAN BENNETT,

vided with separate to0lp0sts arranged in dif- LEWIS DEXTER.

ferent planes and having also two pairs of 0b-

